Cooler Master announces 1st ever 80 Plus Silver Certified PSU | read this item
Cooler Master proudly announces the worlds first-ever 80 Plus Silver Certified high wattage power supply, the highest rated 80 Plus power supply to-date by achieving a 88% efficiency; with the introduction of UCP 900W (Ultimate Circuit Protection). This looks like an impressive power supply! 88.14% efficient at 50% load, which is 513 watts and 85.10% efficient at 100% load (1055 Watts).
Leadtek Announces the WinFast PX9600 GSO Extreme video card | read this item
Leadtek just announced the launch of the WinFast PX9600 GSO Extreme video card. Based on the high quality NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO core chip, PX9600 GSO is equipped with 384MB of memory and 96 Stream Processing Units. The Leadtek exclusive S-FANPIPE fansink design is also applied to PX9600 GSO. This innovative cooling system can effectively conduct GPU heat through an S-shape copper heat pipe ..Shop Now
Intel and Micron introduce 32nm MLC NAND flash | read this item
Intel and Micron Technology have announced the introduction of a sub-40nm NAND memory device with the unveiling of a 34nm-made multi-level cell (MLC) chip with a density of 32Gb. Sampling is slated to begin in June with mass production expected to follow in the second half of 2008.
The companies claimed that the device carries the smallest NAND process geometry on the market and is the ..Shop Now
ARCTIC COOLING Announces ARCTIC Breeze | read this item
This summer is going to be hot and Arctic Cooling has a new product to help keeps things at the right temperature. Of course you need to keep your precious CPU and VGA nice and cool during the summer, but how about buying yourself a cool gadget as well? Dont you want to breathe some fresh and cool air while you are gaming or working ..Shop Now
CORSAIR Launches New DOMINATOR DDR3 2000MHz 4GB Memory Kits | read this item
Corsair recently announced that it will launch a new 4GB DOMINATOR DDR3 memory kit running at 2000MHz at CompuTex 2008, held June 3-7, 2008 in Taipei. Tested and guaranteed for operation at the lightning fast overclocked speed of 2000MHz, this 4GB DOMINATOR kit provides superior performance for desktop platforms. MSRP. The press release doesn't state memory timings or voltages, but the Corsair website states ..Shop Now
S3 Graphics today announced its latest S3 Graphics Chrome 440 GTX desktop cards. Boards are now available at online retail affiliate GStore, with future shipments by key European partners in addition to multiple retail partners in Asia. The S3 Graphics Chrome 440 GTX is priced at $69 and is currently available online.
The Chrome 400 GTX is the latest addition to the S3 Graphics Chrome 400 ..Shop Now
Dell shares up nearly 10 percent on report of profit, revenue jump in fiscal 1st quarter | read this item
Growth in Asia and strong sales of notebook computers helped Dell Inc. beat Wall Street expectations for first-quarter sales and profit.
That strong report pushed shares of Dell, the world's second-largest seller of personal computers, up 9.9 percent in late trading Thursday.
Now, investors will try to determine if the results were a one-term wonder or a sign that founder and CEO Michael Dell's turnaround plan is ..Shop Now
VIA Launches VIA Nano Processor Family | read this item
VIA Technologies today announced the new VIA Nano processor family based on the VIA Isaiah Architecture. Building on the market-leading energy efficiency of the VIA C7 processor family, the VIA Nano processor family offers as much as four times the performance within the same power range to extend VIA's performance per watt leadership, while pin compatibility with VIA C7 processors will ensure a smooth transition ..Shop Now
abit is NOT quitting from motherboard market | read this item
We just got an e-mail from abit Taiwan and it seems they are not getting out of the motherboard industry, but are expanding consumer electronic lines. This statement comes after a news post yesterday by Digitimes claiming that abit is calling it quits.
Thore Welling, Universal ABIT Global Marketing Director points out: abit is a well established and strong brand within the enthusiast and ..Shop Now
Dual-core Intel Atoms to enter mass production in July | read this item
Intel is planning to start the mass production of dual-core versions of its Atom processors in the second week of July, according to sources at PC makers. Intel's first dual-core Atom will feature a core frequency of 1.6GHz and support Hyper-Threading-like technology allowing each core to process up to two instructions per clock cycle under certain circumstances. System TDP for the CPU and chipset combined ..Shop Now
Asustek brings forward launch of 10-inch Eee PC | read this item
With Micro-Star International (MSI) expected to officially launch its 10-inch Wind series notebooks and Acer planning to launch an 8.9-inch Aspire low-cost PC in Europe priced at 299 euros (US$469.49) over the next few weeks, Asustek Computer has decided to rush forward plans to launch a 10-inch version Eee PC, according to notebook industry sources. The Eee PC 1000 is now expect to be launched ..Shop Now
TSMC may raise prices for high-end chips | read this item
Top contract chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) said on Tuesday it may raise prices for its higher-end chips as rising costs threaten to squeeze profits. Semiconductor makers face higher costs to build state-of-the-art chip plants for most cutting-edge chips, and are also feeling the pain of rising inflation. It should be interesting to see how this impacts companies like NVIDIA who had ..Shop Now
VIA Unveils VIA OpenBook Mini-Note Reference Design | read this item
VIA Technologies today introduced the new VIA OpenBook mini-note reference design targeted at the rapidly growing global market for ultra-portable notebooks. The innovative VIA OpenBook Mini-Note Reference Design paves the way for the next generation of ultra-portable notebooks based on the VIA Ultra Mobility Platform.
"The VIA OpenBook builds on the great success of the VIA NanoBook reference design launched last year, which has been ..Shop Now
ASUS Sues GIGABYTE for 'Defamatory and False Accusations' | read this item
ASUS claims that Gigabyte, without a full understanding of ASUS' engineering design and methods, has made false accusations against ASUS motherboards' EPU features and the quality of ASUS' motherboard components. ASUS has reported such acts to the Fair Trade Commission of Taiwan and on May 23rd 2008, ASUS has officially filed a lawsuit against Gigabyte for those defamatory acts.
Gigabyte misused a photograph with blown-up ..Shop Now
Samsung develops 256GB solid state drive | read this item
Samsung has developed one of the largest-capacity and highest-speed solid state drives to date.
CNET site ZDNet Korea reports that Samsung announced the development of a 2.5-inch, 256GB solid state drive (SSD) at the fifth annual Samsung Mobile Solution Forum in Taipei, Taiwan.
Typical solid state drives shipping in notebook PCs today have a storage capacity of 64GB.
With a sequential read speed of 200 megabytes per second ..Shop Now
CEO of Infineon Technologies resigns | read this item
Infineon Technologies AG said Monday that its chief executive, Wolfgang Ziebart, will resign at the end of the month over what it said was a difference in strategy for the money-losing semiconductor maker.
In a brief statement issued after the German stock exchange closed for the day, the company said that Ziebart's resignation would be effective June 1.
While it did not name a successor, it said ..Shop Now
Photoshop to get GPU and physics acceleration | read this item
GPU acceleration is one of the most significant trends in today hardware industry, opening the doors to an entirely class of software running desktop. What will be possible is fascinating to see on a monitor, nut it is not tangible, if you just hear about it. It appears that the next Photoshop will be one of the first mainstream applications that will tap into the ..Shop Now
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